Blanket 13: Vertical Diamond

Materials and Measurements

• Needles US 6 — 4.0 mm
• Yarn ETROFIL Lanacot Merino, 7 skeins ~ 1200 m
• Finished measurements Approx. 40" × 47"

Techniques Used

• Basic Techniques
  • Knit (K) Purl (P) Yarn over (Yo)
• Decrease Techniques
  • Single Decreases
    • K2tog SSK
  • Double Decrease
    • SK2P

PatternInstructions

Cast on 159 sts or multiple of 12 stitches, plus 27 to adjust the width to the desired size.

Seed stitch Border Knit 10 rows

All rows: *K1, p1; rep from * to last st, k1.

Main Pattern Lace stitch

• Row 1 (RS): (K1, P1) ×3, K5, [YO, SSK, K1, K2TOG, YO, K7] ×11, YO, SSK, K1, K2TOG, YO, K5, (P1, K1) ×3.
• Wrong side rows: (K1, P1) ×3, K1, P145, (K1, P1) ×3, K1.
• Row 3: (K1, P1) ×3, K2, YO, SSK, [K2, YO, SK2P, YO, K2, K2TOG, YO, K1, YO, SSK] ×11, K2, YO, SK2P, YO, K2, K2TOG, YO, K2, (P1, K1) ×3.
• Row 5: (K1, P1) ×3, K3, YO, SSK, [K5, K2TOG, YO, K3, YO, SSK] ×11, K5, K2TOG, YO, K3, (P1, K1) ×3.
• Row 7: (K1, P1) ×3, K4, YO, SSK, [K3, K2TOG, YO, K5, YO, SSK] ×11, K3, K2TOG, YO, K4, (P1, K1) ×3.
• Row 9: (K1, P1) ×3, K4, [K7, YO, SSK, K1, K2TOG, YO] ×11, K11, (P1, K1) ×3.
• Row 11: (K1, P1) ×3, K5, K2TOG, YO, [K1, YO, SSK, K2, YO, SK2P, YO, K2, K2TOG, YO] ×11, K1, YO, SSK, K5, (P1, K1) ×3.
• Row 13: (K1, P1) ×3, K4, K2TOG, YO, [K3, YO, SSK, K5, K2TOG, YO] ×11, K3, YO, SSK, K4, (P1, K1) ×3.
• Row 15: (K1, P1) ×3, K3, K2TOG, YO, [K5, YO, SSK, K3, K2TOG, YO] ×11, K5, YO, SSK, K3, (P1, K1) ×3.

Repeat rows 1-16, ending on row 14.

Then knit 10 rows of Seed stitch border.

Finally, bind off, weave in all ends, and block as desired.

Available Chart

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